Effi Eitam

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Effi Eitam
אפי איתם‎
Ministerial roles

Arabs

Eitam has called Israeli Arabs a "cancer":

"[T]he Israeli Arabs are in large measure the ticking bomb beneath the whole democratic Israeli order inside the Green Line. Even today, in the Galilee and the Negev, a de facto autonomy of theirs is being created, which could in practice turn Israel into the bubble of Metropolitan Tel Aviv.… Therefore, I say that the State of Israel today faces an existential threat that is characterized by being an elusive threat, and elusive threats by their nature resemble cancer. Cancer is a type of illness in which most of the people who die from it die because they were diagnosed too late. By the time you grasp the size of the threat, it is already too late to deal with it." [18]

Commenting on this, the veteran Israeli journalist, Akiva Eldar, wrote in Haaretz , "The fact that the Nazis were especially fond of this [cancer] metaphor is probably not lost on the general [public]." [19]

In 2004, Eitam called the Palestinians "dark forces", and said: "We will have to kill them all... I don't mean all the Palestinians, but the ones with evil in their heads." [20] In 2002, the Israeli Army used Nidal Abu Muihsein as a human shield, causing his death; Eitam called this "very moral". [21] In October 2005, Eitam opposed a Supreme Court of Israel ruling that banned the IDF from using Palestinians as human shields, stating that, "Supreme court judges demonstrated today that their pity for the cruel will prove cruel to the merciful and will expose Israeli soldiers to more danger". [22] In November 2006, he called for an expulsion of most Palestinians from the West Bank: "Expel most of the Judea and Samaria Arabs from here. We cannot be with all these Arabs, and we cannot give up the land." [23] In March 2008, he called for the expulsion of Israeli Arab members of the Knesset: "One day, we will expel you to Gaza from this house and from the national home of the Jewish people." [24]

Iran

Eitam has called on the U.S. to attack Iran and destroy its suspected nuclear weapons program, adding that Israel was well-prepared to take such action alone, as "a nuclear Iran is not an option for Israel". [25] In February 2007, he stated that in three to four years, Iran would "have a [nuclear] bomb and the missile to deliver it". [26]

References

  1. ↑ Effi Eitam biography Knesset website
  2. ↑ Amos Harel, All for a Joyride, Haaretz, 29 July 2008.
  3. ↑ Merav Yudilovitch, Shooting ducks?, Ynetnews, 1 March 2007.
  4. ↑ Ian Black (2 November 1990). "Soldier jailed for intifada killing will sue Rabin." The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Arieh O'Sullivan (27 December 2000). "Eitam quits IDF; seen heading for politics." The Jerusalem Post.
  6. ↑ (2002-07-05). "NRP leader Eitam: Arafat, Barghouti should be killed". The Jerusalem Post.
  7. ↑ MK Effi Eitam (HaTzionut HaDatit) Maariv, 25 August 2005 (in Hebrew)
  8. ↑ Ezra: Whoever participates in the evacuation will not be armed Yedioth Ahronoth, 31 March 2005 (in Hebrew)
  9. ↑ Ben Kaspit (25 August 2005). "Gimmicks are not deficient" (in Hebrew). NRG. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  10. ↑ Effi Eitam (1 September 2005). "Now it's your turn" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  11. ↑ Efrat Weiss: MK Eitam: Amona was a pogrom ynetnews, 02.01.06 "MK Eitam sustained head wounds and was evacuated on a stretcher to Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital. An Eitam associate said the MK received oxygen and suffered from nausea following the injury."
  12. ↑ Efrat Weiss (11 September 2006). "Eitam: Expel Palestinians, dismiss Arab MKs". Ynetnews. ynet . Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  13. ↑ Yuval Yoaz and Gideon Alon (11 September 2006). "AG to Eitam: Repeating anti-Arab comments may lead to charges". Haaretz . Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  14. ↑ Eitam’s Party Makes Deal With Likud
  15. ↑ The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
  16. ↑ E. B. Solomont (20 November 2009). Effie Eitam's US campus speaking tour draws plaudits... and protests. The Jerusalem Post.
  17. ↑ The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
  18. ↑ Ari Shavit (24 March 2002). "Dear God, this is Effi". Haaretz . Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  19. ↑ Akiva Eldar (4 April 2002). "A Nazi by any other name". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  20. ↑ Jeffrey Goldberg (31 May 2004). "A Reporter at Large: Among The Settlers." The New Yorker.
  21. ↑ "Eitam: IDF's use of Palestinians in operations is "very moral"". Haaretz. 15 August 2002. Retrieved 4 February 2010.[ dead link ]
  22. ↑ "Israel bans use of human shields". BBC. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  23. ↑ Eitam: Expel Palestinians, dismiss Arab MKs Ynetnews, 9 November 2006
  24. ↑ "The core issue is not Jerusalem". Haaretz. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  25. ↑ "Major ZOA Lecture: MK Gen. Effie Eitam Warned -- "Israel Will Take Action If Diplomacy/Sanctions Fail" To Stop Iran Getting Nuclear Bomb". Zionist Organization of America. 9 May 2007. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  26. ↑ Israeli Rightist Warns That Bush's Iraq Policy Could Hurt Effort To Combat Iran
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